Self-labeling visible index



July 2o,-1943;-. f J. T. QUI'GLEY 2,324,537

SELF-LABELING VISIBLE INDEX Filed Feb. 16, 1942 2 Shee ts-Sheet 1 ms lie M9? July 20,1943. U,GLEY 2,324,537

SELF-LABELING VI S IBLE INDEX Filed Feb. 16, 1942 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A AT:$.J.D. *12 750 Patented July 20, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SELF-LABELING VISIBLE INDEX John T. Quigley, Los Angeles, aCalif. pplication February 16,1942, Serial No. 431,097

21 Claims.

This invention relates toimprovements in selflabeling visible indices.

There is an inevitable expansion and contraction in a living alphabetic file. Daily deletions cannot be expected to balance daily additions.

Inoperating a file withthe equipment now in general use, record cards (or sheets) are usually moved from panel to panel, empty panels (or trays) thereafter being inserted to holdadditional papers. Also panel labels must be replaced continually to conform to changes in contents, this involving the constant services of skilled .operatives.

Hitherto the art to which this invention pertains has made no adequate provision to remove the necessity for this condition or to reduce its expense. This failure to provide a proper remedy is due to the character of the equipment usually provided, which generally is rigidand inelastic.

In many of the present index systems the bases orpanels which are provided to hold in place the cards or indexed sheets are of .too great a length pacity as would permit of its convenient operation, but notwithstanding thismethod of procedur'e, thegain in capacity has frequently been offset by the necessity of making additions to the papers in the file which clog: the file with panels that areonly partly filled, thus increasing the necessary investment inexpensive steel containers. I g

It is an important object of the present invention to provide a device constructed in such a manner as to overcome the 'f oregoingdefects and disadvantages, this being accomplished mainly by providing the file with a self-labeling visible index element wherein each group of sheets used for referenceis furnished with a head sheet or guide sheet having extending across its upper edge, or in a downwardly spaced relation tosuch edge, an index line, and the panel is provided with guide means whereby, when such sheet is i moved to its proper place in the panel, the index line of the sheet is deflected into a more or less horizontal position, thusrendering it conveniently observable.

By the arrangement just referred to, empty panels provided by this inyention can be interspersed among filled panels atany desired place in the file in order to contain and visibly index In a file constructed according to the prin-- Icontentsof a panel haslbeen removed athe remaining contents of the panel may be left therein ,undisturbed, except to .see that it is properly indexed inaccordance with theautomatic arrangementalready mentioned.

Thus the smaller and more accessible panels of the file provided .by this invention, with their self-labeling feature, afiord means for the ad justment of file fluctuations, large and small, with an accuracy of resultand economyof labor not heretofore obtained in the art.

' A furtherobject of the invention is to provide an improved means for locking record sheets in various attached positions in relation to the length of the panel upon which .they are mounted.

With the foregoing andotherobjects ,in view,

the invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination of parts in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope 1of that which is claimed without departing from the spirit of the inven- .tion.

Referring to the accompanying .drawings, which illustrate whatis at present deemed tobe preferred embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the index file per se,a portion being broken away to showflunderlying structure; h V

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary-section taken .on -line of i Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section taken-on line 3-3 of .Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the structure shown in Fig. 1, the plane of section being at approximately the midwidth of the device;

Fig. 5 is :a plan view of one of the binders;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of on eiof the binders;

Fig. 7 is a face view of the uppermost record sheet shownin Fig. 1; i

Fig.8 is a transversesection similar to Figs. 2 and 3 except that a difierentposition.ofthebindingor locking strip is shown;

Fig. 9 is aperspective view, per se, ofa modified index file; k i

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary section taken on line l0-'| ll of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary section taken ;on line l.lll.of Fig. 9; 1

Fig. .12 is .a vertical section of 'thegstructure shown in Fig. 9, the plane of section being at approximately the midwidth of the device;

Fig. 13 is a face view of one of the modified record sheets, portions of the length thereof being broken out in order to contract the View;

Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a holder showing the same containing an assembly of panels with their index portions arranged for convenient inspection. Either of the two generic types of panels described may be used, the modified type being shown in this View by way of example.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the supporting structure of the device, shown within a holder or carton 4 (Fig. 14) includes the base or back panel 5 which is desirably made of cardboard and should be of a sufiiciently stiff character to support in a dependable manner the parts mounted upon it. This panel is shown rectangularly shaped and in an upstanding position with its long dimension extending verti- M cally. In the drawings it is shown consisting of a single long strip 5 of moderately stiff material which is folded at its lower end and which has its two runs 50. and 5b connected at their upper ends aswill presently be described. The front run 5:]. of this strip is coiled backwardly thus forming a part 1 which is wedge shaped as seen in cross section. The wedge shape of this part is of great functional importance, and is shown having a substantially flat upper surface 8. There is attached to the upper end of the panel 5 a transparent guide strip 9 which consists of a horizontal top portion II, and a downwardly directed apron portion l2, said apron portion at its lower end having a flange 13 along its lower edge, which is rebent backwardly and folded upon itself as shown in Fig. 1. Said guide member has a back portion I4 which is directed behind the wedge shaped top portion 1 of the panel run 5a and in front of the upper part of its back run 5b, being in this situation glued or otherwise secured in place. The front face of the wedge shaped part 1, like that of the apron portion I2 of the guide strip aforementioned, is somewhat inclined downwardly and backwardly, but its back alines with the body portion of the front panel run 501, from which it is formed.

'I-heback panel 51) is provided along each side with a forwardly directed flange portion 15, and between these flanges I5 is mounted a vertically extending series of record sheets, an upper sheet 16, a middle sheet l1 and a lower sheet [8 being shown in Fig. 1, it being understood, however, that as large a number of such record sheets may be placed in the file as its capacity will permit. A conventionally shaped cover sheet [9 is shown attached to the lower end of each panel 5.

Means are provided for removably supporting said record sheets, (of which the sheets I6, I1 and I8 are examples) in their proper positions in the file. For this purpose there is shown in the drawings a pair (a greater number may be necessary for wider panels) of retaining strips or rods 2| which are arranged in a parallel spaced relation to each other and which, by preference and as shown, consist of a single stiff wire rod bent into the shape of a rectangular U. The base portion 22 of this U is shown within the lower fold of the panel 5, and the upper extremities thereof are shown projected through apertures 23 into the space enclosed within the wedge shaped part 1 at the top of the panel. In the lower fold of the panel there are apertures 24 sufiiciently large to enable the user of the device to put the U shaped member in place by inserting one of its extremities through one of these apertures, then passing it out through the other aperture, then bringing the U member around to its upstanding position preparatory to inserting its upper extremities into the wedge shaped member 1, which may be done by outspringing the midlength portions of the wire arms. It will be seen that each rod 2| extends longitudinally over the face of the panel 5a in a detached manner, except as to the end portions of the panel.

Referring again to the record sheets l6, l1 and 18, each of these sheets is desirably made of a rather heavy weight of paper, is rectangular in shape, of the proper width to fit between the panel flanges l5, and is somewhat longer than wide. Each of these attached record sheets is shown having through it two pairs of holes, each of these pairs consisting of an outer hole 25 and an inner hole 26. These holes are all arranged in a row which extends transversely of the record sheet, thereby adapting the individual record sheets for being locked in place by means of the binding strips 21.

At times it will be found desirable to lock the various record sheets in their mounted positions in such a manner that they cannot be longitudinally displaced in relation to the panels which support them, For this purpose two (or more) parallel rows of holes 30 are provided through the'panel run 5a. These rows of holes are shown slightly farther apart than the space between the retaining rods 2|, hence the end portions of the binding members 21 may be passed under said rods and through said holes, as shown in Fig. 1 to keep the record sheets with which said members 21 are associated; from moving longitudinally of the panel. This manner of locking a record sheet in place is illustrated in Fig. 2 where the top sheet l6 of Fig. 1 is shown locked against movement lengthwise of the panel. It is particularly desirable to lock in place by means of the holes 30 a headersheet containing an index line for a lower group of record sheets associated therewith.

By preference and as shown, each of these looking or binder strips is made of transparent Celluloid, their transparency being desirable to enable the user to read any written matter which may underlie them.

The aforementioned holes 25 and 26 are shown circular and of a diameter slightly greater than that of the width of the binders 21. In'order to facilitate the placing of said binders into their operative positions, each of them (see Figs. 5 and 6) is provided with a thinned, pointed, deflected end portion 21a, each end being deflected toward the same face of the binding strip.

In the upper portion of Fig. 1 and correspondingly in the sectional showing of Fig. 2 the hinder strip 21 is shown passing through the two outer holes 25 of the record sheet and also through the two holes 30 of the panel adjacently exterior to the retaining rods 2|, thus locking said sheet against vertical movement in relation to the panel. But in the lower portion of Fig.1, and correspondingly in the sectional showing of Fig. 3 the binder strip 21 is shown passing only through the four holes of the record sheet, thus attaching the sheet the rods in a vertically adjustable manner. The binder strip 21 may also be attached as shown in Fig. 8 wherein only the two inner holes 26-of the record sheet .are utilized by the binder in detachably fastenin the sheets to the rods without each time having to remove the binders completely from the sheet. The latter arrangement is particularlyconvenient foruse as data is being addedto the sheet. Ordinarily each bindingstrip will be fed through all four holes of-the row, as shown in Fig. 3, but at times it will be found desirableto feed it through only the inner holes 26, as shown in Fig. 8, or as aforesaid thru the outer h01es'25 as shown in v Fig. 2.

Each of the record sheets l6, l1 and I8 is provided along the front side of its upper portion with an index line 35. Owing to the various record sheets being mounted in the manner already stated, they are vertically slidable upon the retaining rods 2|. Hence the upper sheet of the seriesmaybe moved upwardly in such a manner that as it approaches its uppermost position its indexed portion will glide under the apron has at its top a forwardly directed, slightly downwardly inclined run 42 and continuing downwardly from the front edge of said run a terminal downwardly and backwardly directed flange t3, the lower edge portion of which abuts against the body portion of said panel 4| giving a wedge shape like that of part I inFigs. l and i. Atits lower end panel 4| has an upwardly directed terminal flange 44, within the basal part of which is nested the cross run 22 of the U shaped rod. There is provided for the panel 4| a cover sheet having a back cover portion 46 and a front cover portion fil, said cover sheet having a fold line 48 between its said two parts and the back flange M of the panel being attached to the inner face of that part of the back cover section it which is superjacent to said fold line 48. In Figs. 9 to 14 binders 2T, retaining rpds 2|, their base portion 22, the holes 25, 26 and 3!] are like those of Figs. 1 to 8, function the same, and are therefore numbered the same. In said modification the sample record sheets 50, 5| and 52 are each provided, as illustrated in Figs. 9, 13 and 14, with an indexing line 53 which is spaced downwardly from the top of the sheet a con siderable distance, thus providing each record sheet with a backwardly deflected fiap 54 having a fold line 55 along which said flap may be bent downwardly and backwardly just beyond its said indexing line 53.

In Fig. 13 there is shown a record sheet 5|a, typical of sheets 5| and 52, which is manufactured with a fold line 55 above and a fold line i 56 below each indexing line of characters 53,

In order to facilitate this illustrated in the lower flap |'|a of sheet H in Fig; l. s

Record sheets of different lengths are. shown in Fig. 9 in order to illustrate in acompactman-L ner the capacity of the device to contain' either long or short record sheets, but it is to be understood that, in practice, all the record sheets contained in a given panel will ordinarily be of the same length. l l r In regard to the lower record sheetshown in Fig. 9, the typicalposition of each backwardly and downwardly deflected flap 54 is shownin connection with sheet 52 where said flap is seen positioned between the body portion of sheet 52 and the upturned body portion of sheet5l; But at the top of Fig. 9 the flap54 of the uppermost sheet 5|] is shown located between the back of the panel ll and the upper part of cover sheet section 46.

In Fig. 14 where an assembly of the record sheet carrying panels is shown in the carton 4, itis to be understood that panels of the type shown in Fig. 1 can be similarly assembled, the

only difference being thatthe runs of the panels which support the index lines will all liein the same horizontal plane. I In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 9 to 1.4 the sheets may be made of any quality, weight and thickness of paper adapted to sustain the necessary fold and receive and bear the manual or mechanical writtenrecord thus avoiding the customary use of comparatively thick and strong cardboard for filing records. Also in the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 8 the paper of which the record sheets are made need only be heavy enough to prevent buckling as its index portion is fed under the guide 9.

In the operation of the device shown in Figs.

- per edge of the top record sheet will appear into The number of record sheets which may be contained in single panel will be limited only by the required for exposing to View the index face 35 of each. sheet plus the additional space required by the part of the lowest record sheet whi'chis exposed between its index line and the binder 2'? by which it is attached to the panel.

The number of the panels containing the record sheets, whichmay be contained in a cabinet will be limited only by the front to rear space required for exposing to view an index line for the uppermost sheet of each panel.

Each record sheet after it has become compieteiy filled up, that is to say, both sides thereof covered with the required written information,- may be held in place upon the retaining strips 55 as shown in Fig. 1 where a binding strip 21 is shown passing through all four holes as shown in the lower portion of Fig. l, and the sectional showing in Fig. 3. However, in regard to the newly. inserted record sheets to which more written matteris being supplied from time to time, 5

these sheets will preferably be held in place in the manner illustrated in Fig. 8 where it will be,

the adjacent part of the record sheet. This arrangement permits the user to remove the record sheet quickly, simply by giving it a turning movement sufficient to swing the end portions of the binders free from the retaining strips. Upon doing this, any desired record sheet may be removed, additional written matter placed upon it, and the sheet may then be replaced by means of a turning movement being given to it after one of the end portions of the binders 2'! has been projected under one of the retaining strips. Any of the record sheets, more often the top one, may be locked to the panel against vertical displacement by passing its binder strip 21 through the holes 25 of the record sheet and the holes 30 of the panel, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 9 and 10.

The manner of using the modification shown in Figs. 9 to 14 will for the most part be readily understood from what has been said about using the form of the invention first described. However, among other differences in operation, it should be noted that, as shown in Fig. 9, the upper record sheet 50 has its flap 54 directed downwardly between the upper portion of the panel Al and the back cover sheet section 45. The record sheets shown in Figs. 9 and 12 are slidable vertically of the panel when mounted in the manner shown in Fig. 11. Collectively considered, all except the uppermost record sheet in the panel will have a continuously extending vertical series of index lines 53.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the kind described, a back panel of at least semi-rigid sheet material, a plurality of retaining strips having end portions fastened to said panel and intermediate portions longitudinally overlying the front face of said panel, a record sheet having a defiectable indexed upper edge portion slidably mounted in a generally overlying relation to said strips, there being through said record sheet a row of apertures, a locking strip of greater length than said row fed through said row and under said retaining strips, the end portions of said locking strip and an intermediate portion thereof being in an exposed relation to the face of said sheet, and means carried by said panel to deflect the indexed edge portion of said sheet when it reaches its uppermost position on the panel.

2. In a device of the kind described, an upstanding back panel, a pair of parallel spaced apart retaining strips mounted upon said panel in an overlying detached relation to the face thereof, and a plurality of separate record sheets each of which is attached to said retaining strips to slide along them to and from an adjacent relation to the upper end of said panel, the uppermost of said record sheets having a deflectable indexed upper edge portion, and means carried by said panel to deflect said indexed edge to a more nearly horizontal position when said indexed sheet arrives at its uppermost position.

3. In a device of the kind described, an upstanding back panel, a pair of parallel spaced apart retaining strips mounted upon said panel in an overlying detached relation to the face thereof, a plurality of separate record sheets each of which is furnished with two pairs of apertures, the apertures of each pair being located adjacent to and on opposite sides of one or the other of said retaining strips, and a locking strip extending through said paired apertures to retain said sheet slidably to said retaining strips, said retaining strips underlying the space between the apertures'of each pair, said locking strip underlying both said space and the part of the retaining strip located therein, and a transparent guide sheet overlying the top surface of said panel under which the upper edge of the topmost record sheet is defiectable.

4.In a device of the kind described, an elongated back panel mountable in an upstanding position, said panel when so mounted presenting an upwardly directed top surface portionextending from side to side of the panel and of sufficient width to underlie the Width of a line of indexing characters, a transparent guide sheet of slightly stiff material, said guide sheet being attached to the upper back portion of the panel in a loosely overlying relation to said top surface of the panel, a record sheet, and guide means whereby said record sheet is attached to said panel for upward and downward movement in an overlying relation to the front face of said panel, said record sheet bearing an indexing line which, when the sheet is in its uppermost position is exposed to View through the top portion of the aforesaid transparent guide sheet.

5. The subject matter of claim 4 and, said transparent guide sheet having a depending apron portion in front of the panel and said record sheet being sufficiently flexible for its upper edge portion to pass upwardly under said apron and then be deflected by said guide sheet to a-substantially horizontal position.

6. In combination, a back panel having a length considerably greater than its width, two parallel wire runs attached to said panel in a longitudinal, overlying relation to one of its faces, a plurality of substantially rectangular record sheets each having through it a row of four holes, a locking strip of sufliciently still material to perform its locking function, said strip passing through all the holes of said row and underlying the portion of the sheet between the two outer holes at each end of the row, each of said underlying portions of said locking strip also underlying one of said wires, the midlength portion and end portions of said locking strip overlying the face of said record sheet, a plurality of record sheets thus being mounted in an attached relation to said panel and being slidable along the wires thereof to an adjacent relation to an end of the panel, each of said record sheets having an index portion which is horizontally deflectable into an exposed position for reading when the sheet carrying it is moved as aforesaid to an end of the panel, and means associated with said panel to deflect automatically the indexed portion of the uppermost sheet when it is manually moved to its uppermost position on the panel.

In a device of the kind described, an upstanding back panel, a pair of upstanding retaining strips extending over a face of said panel, said strips being the side runs of a piece of wire bent into the shape of a rectangular U, the lower part of said panel having a facing of sheet material which overlies the basal part of said U, the upper ends of the side portions of said U being anchored to the upper part of said panel, a plurality of record sheets fastened to said side runs of the U for sliding therealong to andfrom an adjacent relation to the upper end of the panel, each of said record sheets having a deflected upper edge portion which is indexed defiectable into an overlying relation to the top of the panel when such sheet occupies the. topmost position on the panel, and deflecting means on the panel for deflecting said indexed edge portion when it reaches the latter position on the panel.

8. In a device of the kind described, an up- Standing back panel including a front facing sheet having a backwardly folded over lower end portion which is attached to the lower part of the panel, there being two spaced apart apertures through the front part of said facing sheet adjacentto its lower end, a U shaped piece of wire having its basal portion extending through said apertures and underlying the portion of said facing sheet between them; the upper end portions of said Ubeing anchored to the upper part of the panel, a plurality of record sheets fastened to the wire runs which form the sides of said U, each of the upper edge portions of said sheets being deflected and indexed, and said panel having a horizontal top portion which said indexed portion overlies when the topmost sheet of the series is projected sufficiently upward on said wire runs.

9. The subject matter of claim 8 and, the upper end portion of said panel being wedgeshaped in cross section and having through its front side apertures into which the upper ends of said wire project to anchor them, as aforesaid, the horizontal portion, of said wedge constituting the horiozntal top portion of said panel and a support for the indexed upper edge portion of the topmost sheet.

10. In a device of the kind described, an upstanding panel consisting of stifiened sheet material which-is looped in cross section at its upper end thereby providing across the top of the panel a surface of sufficient width to support an index tab, a plurality of record sheets, means whereby said record sheets are supported in a vertical series upon the front face of said panel, the upper sheet of the series having an indexed upper edge portion, and guide means carried by the panel whereby, when said upper sheet is moved to its uppermost position, the indexed edge portion thereof is deflected backwardly and held in an overlying'relation to the aforesaid top surface of the panel which is provided to support it.

11. The subject matter of claim 10 and, said guide means including a transparent sheet having a depending apron portion positioned to overlie and deflect backwardly the upper edge portion of the uppermost record sheet as the latter is moved into its uppermost position.

12. In a device of the kind described, a panel of elongated rectangular shape, a pair of parallel retaining strips extending lengthwise of said panel in an overlying detached relation to a face portion thereof, the end portions of said strips being attached to the panel, a plurality of record sheets, each of said sheets'having through it row of holes, locking strips to pass through said rows of holes in an underlying relatic-n to said retaining stripsthereby to fasten said record sheets slidably to said retaining strips, said locking strips being made of stiffer materiaf. than. said sheets and having pointed deflected to facilitate passing them through said rows of holes, each of said record sheets having a deflectable indexed upper edge portion, and means carried by said panel to deflect the indexed edge portion of the uppermost sheet in an overlying relation to the top surface of said panel when the latter sheet is moved to its uppermost position. on the panel.

"3. A rectangular panel upstandable in a container, said panel having a top area to support an indexed part of a record sheet, vertically extending retaining strips carried by'said panel in an overlying relation to itsfront face, a vertical series of record sheets slidably attached to the panel by means of said retainingstrips, the up permost of said record sheets having an indexed upper edge portion, and guide means carried by upper part of said panel to deflectsaid indexed part of theuppe'rmost record sheet to an ver lying relation to said top area of the panel when said record sheet is sition.

14. In an indexing device of the kind described, the combination, with an upstanding supporting panel having a back sheet portion to overlie loosely its back face; of a plurality of upstanding retaining rods extending over the face of said supporting panel in a detached rela tion to said face except as to its end portions, said rods being located at opposite sides of the midwidth of said panel, and a record sheet yer--v tically slidable upon said rods, said record sheet having indexing line located between two folding lines and in a widely spaced relation to one of its end edges thus forming a backwardly foldable flap on said record sheet, said flap being positionable between the upper portions of said panel and its aforesaid back sheet when said record sheet is in its mounted position upon said panel.

15. In an indexing device of the kind described, the combination, with an upstanding elongated supporting panel; of a pair of upstanding external rods extending over the face of said supporting panel in a detached relation to said face except as to its end portions, said pane having through it two longitudinal rows of holes, the holes of each row being; in relation to the midwidth of the panel, externally adjacent to each of said rods, a record sheet vertically :eiidable upon said rods, said record sheet having transversely spaced apart apertures through it, and an elongated binder member insertable both through a plurality of the holes of said record sheet and through a hole of each of said rows of holes through the panel to lock said record sheet in its attached position relative to said panel.

16. The subject matter of claim 15 and, said holes of said record sheet being arranged in a transverse row, there being in said transverse row two pairs of holes and when said record sheet is attached to said panel said rods of the panel each underlying the space between the holes of one or the other of the aforesaid pairs of holes.

17. In a device of the kind .described, the combination, with a record sheet having on it a transversely extending line of indexing characters and a fold line superjacent to and parallel with said index line; of an upstanding panel of stiff sheet material having at its upper end a forwardly directed run which provides an upwardly directed supporting surface to underlie the aforesaid index line portion of said sheet, and means whereby said record is movably attached to said panel for upward sliding to a position at which its said indexed portion is back wardly deflectable in an overlying relation to' said supporting surface.

18. In a self-labeling index, an upstanding panel having along its top edge a substantially moved to its uppermost po sheet in the panel when in its operative position overlying said horizontal flat surface.

19. In a device of the kind described, a back panel of at least semi-rigid material, a plurality of retaining strips having end portions fastened to said panel and intermediate portions longitudinally overlying the front face of said panel, a record sheet mounted in a generally overlying relation to said strips, said record sheet having a deflectable indexed upper edge portion, there being a plurality of apertures through said record sheet located at different points in relation to its width, a locking strip which extends through a plurality of said apertures and having end portions passing under said retaining strips thereby locking said sheet slidably to them, a transparent guide strip consisting of a horizontal top portion and a downwardly directed apron portion, said guide strip being attached to the upper portion of the panel with said horizontal portion in a loosely overlying relation to the top surface of the panel and with said apron in a similar relation to the upper face portion thereof, said transparent guide strip being positioned to receive under its apron portion said indexed edge portion and then deflect said indexed portion to a more nearly horizontal position during the final portion of the movement of the latter to its uppermost position.

20. A device according to claim 19 wherein, said apron at itslower end is provided with arebent flange along its'lower edge.

21. The subject matter of claim 4 and, said transparent guide sheet having 2. depending apron portion in front of the panel provided with a rebent flange along its lower edge and said record sheet being sufficiently flexible for its upper edge portion to pass upwardly under said flanged apron and then be deflected by said'guide sheet to a substantially horizontal position.

JOHN T. QUIGLEY. 

